
Oscar Season 2025-2026: Forecasting the SAG, PGA, ASC and DGA Nominees; Predicting Golden Globe Winners and Reactions to the Critics Choice Awards; Our Take on MARTY SUPREME and SIRĀT
05/1/2026 | 3 h 44 min
| Follow us on Twitter - @AcademyAnon || Visit our website FramesAndFlicker.com for Oscar Predictions |On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:MARTY SUPREME is a runaway Christmas hit for A24, Timothée Chalamet is King of the Box-OfficeSpain's SIRĀT to explode onto Oscar scene with surprise nominations, but can it really crash Best Picture?Will SINNERS, TRAIN DREAMS and ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER land first time nominations for their cinematographers at the ASC guild award?Cinematographers Guild to sideline international films in their annual lineup for Best CinematographyCan multiple foreign films pull off an upset at the Directors Guild of America?Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN looks to cement itself as a top 5 Best Picture movie with DGA nominationCan MARTY SUPREME three-peat nominations at the SAG Ensemble, DGA and PGA.... or did it peak too late?Will the Producers Guild of America resuscitate flailing box-office hits AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH and WICKED: FOR GOOD?WEAPONS hoping to ride Hollywood horror-renaissance into PGA Top 10 and SAG Ensemble nominationsHEDDA's Tessa Thompson and SONG SUNG BLUE's Kate Hudson look to leap BUGONIA's Emma Stone and TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE's Amanda Seyfried at the Screen Actors GuildCan Wagner Moura leverage NARCOS visibility into a SAG Best Actor nomination for THE SECRET AGENT?Is WICKED: FOR GOOD poised to receive a complete shut-out at the Screen Actors Guild? HAMNET, SENTIMENTAL VALUE and IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT look for a boost on Golden Globes weekendCritics Choice Awards vote for Timothée Chalamet, Jesse Buckley, Jacob Elordi and Amy Madigan, but one speech seems to seal the deal and another appears to have blown the race wide open!Which Critics Choice winning actor is flirting with a snub and may end up on the cutting room floor at the Oscars?Support the show

Oscar Season 2025-2026: Our Oscar take on new screenings AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH and THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB; Predicting the winners of the Critics Choice Awards and the National Society of Film Critics
23/12/2025 | 1 h 50 min
| Follow us on Twitter: @AcademyAnon || Visit our website for more coverage: FramesAndFlicker.com |On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:A few words of remembrance for Rob Reiner, Michelle Reiner and James Ransone.Can AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH pull a GODFATHER/LORD OF THE RIGNS and get all 3 installments nominated for Best Picture? Our Oscar take after watching the latest chapter.THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is undeniably compelling, and could absolutely sneak into the final Best Picture Ten; our Oscar take after screening the film.Going over the snubs and surprises from the 98th Oscars shortlists: who’s making an impression (SIRAT!) and who’s falling behind (THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE!).Previewing the Critics Choice Awards: predicting the winners in every category.Predicting the National Society of Film Critics winners and runner-ups.If you enjoy our awards-season coverage and want to help support the podcast, you can do so here:Support the show

Oscar Season 2025-2026: Golden Globe Nominations Reaction; Predicting the Oscars Shortlists
12/12/2025 | 3 h 12 min
| Follow us on Twitter: @AcademyAnon || Visit our website for more coverage: FramesAndFlicker.com |On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Rose Byrne build momentum at the Los Angeles Film Critics AssociationThe Critics Choice Awards snub IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, THE SECRET AGENT and NO OTHER CHOICE in favor of Hollywood misfires JAY KELLY and WICKED: FOR GOODThe Golden Globes nominate five international films for Best Picture - will the Oscars follow their lead?Richard Linklater crashes Best Picture Comedy or Musical at the Golden Globes - TWICE!Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and THE SMASHING MACHINE prepare to mount a comeback at the Golden GlobesLee Byung-hun and NO OTHER CHOICE make Golden Globes historyThe cast of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER ties for most Golden Globe acting nominations WICKED: FOR GOOD snubbed for Best Picture at the Golden Globes and officially in trouble at the OscarsDid A24 and Timothée Chalamet miscalculate the release of MARTY SUPREME? Film underdelivers at the Critics Choice and Golden GlobesAVATAR: FIRE AND ASH can’t squeeze into Best Picture at either Critics Choice or Golden Globes; Is James Cameron in store for a snub at the Oscars?NUREMBERG fails to seize opportunity with Golden Globe nominations, are its Best Picture hopes dashed?Neon campaigns to make historic gains in the Oscars shortlist categories with mentions for Score, Sound, Casting, and CinematographyBlockbusters F1, WICKED: FOR GOOD, and AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH aim for a comeback with Oscars shortlist revealSINNERS duels ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER for Oscars shortlist dominanceSupport the show

Oscar Season 2025-2026: Golden Globe Predictions for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, HAMNET, MARTY SUPREME, SINNERS, FRANKENSTEIN, WICKED FOR GOOD, AVATAR FIRE AND ASH, JAY KELLY, THE SECRET AGENT, NO OTHER CHOICE, and more!!
05/12/2025 | 2 h 47 min
| Follow us on Twitter - @AcademyAnon || Visit our website FramesAndFlicker.com for Oscar predictions |On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:Gotham Film Awards shut out Rose Byrne and IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, champion IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENTONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER rolling to one Best Picture prize after another with NYFCC and NBREarly Supporting Actress winners splintered - WEAPONS, SINNERS, SENTIMENTAL VALUEWunmi Mosaku vs. Teyana Taylor for Best Supporting Actress nomination?Independent Spirit Awards blaze a path for TRAIN DREAMS Oscar hopesAre the Critics Choice nominees anything more than glorified Oscar predictions?Golden Globe Predictions!!!Can WICKED FOR GOOD hold onto its Comedy or Musical slot?Netflix to double down in Comedy or Musical with JAY KELLY and WAKE UP DEAD MANCan Lee Byung-hun make Golden Globe history with NO OTHER CHOICE? Pull upset over Timothée Chalamet and MARTY SUPREME?Wagner Moura makes THE SECRET AGENT the favorite for Actor Drama - can Dwayne Johnson, Jeremy Allen White or Michael B. Jordan stop him?Trouble brewing for Amanda Seyfried, Rose Byrne and Emma Stone - BUGONIA, TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE and IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU hunt Globe support and Oscar appealLate-breakers RENTAL FAMILY, IS THIS THING ON and SONG SUNG BLUE look to shake up the race with audience appeal and Globe endorsementWill AVATAR three-peat with Golden Globe Best Picture and Director nominations?A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE looks to redeem Kathryn Bigelow with the Golden GlobesJacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney hope to continues breakout Globes streak with nominations for FRANKENSTEIN and CHRISTYKISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN conjuring up Bill Condon's Golden Globe magic for Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez and Diego LunaSENTIMENTAL VALUE and IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT look to flex international appeal with major Globe nominationsSupport the show

Oscar Season 2025-2026: All Things WICKED; Why Erivo, Grande and WICKED FOR GOOD Are Poised to Miss Major Oscar Nominations; Predicting Gotham and NYFCC Winners
28/11/2025 | 2 h 21 min
| Follow us on Twitter for more updates - @AcademyAnon || Visit our website for the latest awards coverage and Oscars predictions - framesandflicker.com |On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:WICKED FOR GOOD is gold at the box-office, but misfires with criticsDid Universal's "studio greed" blow up the chances for a WICKED Best Picture Oscar win?Why the Oscars fate of WICKED FOR GOOD is in the hands of AVATAR: FIRE AND ASHCynthia Erivo vs. Ariana Grande? - WICKED FOR GOOD makes the case for co-lead status Historic consecutive Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations in the rearview for WICKED FOR GOOD? The 5 nomination max - analyzing what Oscar categories are still in play for WICKED FOR GOOD Polarizing Gotham Film Awards to announce winners from controversial nominee lineup Will Warner Bros tower over indie films with record-breaking ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER at the Gotham Film Awards? We predict the favorites to winNYFCC - prestigious New York Film Critics Circle looks to set the tone on this year's critics' darlings with early winners listWe predict which films and performances will triumph at NYFCC and boost their Oscar chancesCan Paul Thomas Anderson finally nab Best Picture at the NYFCC for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER? Or is A24's MARTY SUPREME destined to spoil its hopes?Support the show



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